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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception by H. Keith Melton

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

H. Keith Melton, Robert Wallace

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 2, 2010

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Who it’s for
A once-secret CIA manual brings Cold War intrigue down to the level of sleight of hand.
Themes
Cold War intelligence, Sleight of hand and deception, CIA's MK-ULTRA program
Genres
Intelligence & Spycraft, Cold War History, Intelligence & Espionage

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Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception—a key component of the infamous MK-ULTRA campaign—is now available to the general public. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery designed to thwart the Communist enemy.

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Part of MK-ULTRA, the CIA's secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research program, this legendary document, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then America’s most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.

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A once-secret CIA manual brings Cold War intrigue down to the level of sleight of hand.

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  • Step-by-step tricks devised for covert operatives
  • A curious meeting of magic and intelligence history

Expect

  • A historical artifact tied to the CIA’s MK-ULTRA program
  • Practical instruction alongside a distinctly Cold War context

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Cold War History49%
Intelligence & Espionage42%
Intelligence & Spycraft40%

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Authors
H. Keith Melton, Robert Wallace
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
November 2, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Cold War intelligence · Sleight of hand and deception · CIA's MK-ULTRA program
Reading lane
Medieval Art History